Monthly Archives: July 2022

Methodological Guide for Fish Farmers

Within the cross-border project 2 SOFT 1.2./47 “Team Up For Healthy Fish in Aquaculture Systems of the Prut River Basin”, the “Methodological Guide for Fish Farmers” was developed.

The guide is a contribution dedicated to improving the knowledge in the field of aquaculture, in particular to ensure the health of fish farmed in hatcheries in the Prut river basin through sustainable hatchery management practices.

The guide is intended for fish farmers and researchers working in the field of aquaculture, biologists, veterinarians and aquarists. The authors of the guide updated the methods of rapid diagnosis of several cyprinid diseases, suggesting the application of current practical recommendations for those interested in improving the condition of fish farms, increasing fish production or controlling fish pathology, the supervision of human health in the conditions of the evolution of transmissible diseases from fish to humans, taking into account the environmental protection aspect also.

The “Methodological Guide for fish farmers” is available in Romanian, at the following address:

https://zoology.md/sites/default/files/2022-07/Ghid%20metodologic%20pentru%20piscicultori_2022.pdf

ORGANIC AQUACULTURE IN THE EU

The European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) published a study regarding the organic aquaculture in the European Union, which focuses on the current situation, drivers, barriers and the potential for growth.

The study is available at the following link:

https://www.eumofa.eu/documents/20178/432372/Organic+aquaculture+in+the+EU_final+report_ONLINE.pdf

After the release of the study, in the context of the European Maritime Day 2022 EUMOFA also held a hybrid Talk on the 19th of May 2022, titled “Organic aquaculture: economic and environmental sustainability”. Starting from the study, the Talk addressed the drivers and obstacles of organic aquaculture and the policy context in which it is developed.

A video recording of the EUMOFA Talk is available below:

Financing Opportunity for Aquaculture Products Processing – Romania

The General Department for Fisheries – Managing Authority for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania) has launched a session for submitting applications under the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs 2014-2020, Union Priority 5 – Fostering Marketing and Processing, Measure IV.4 – Processing of Fishery and Aquaculture Products.

Call Code: POPAM/1016/5/2/Art. 69

Deadline for submission of proposals: 07.08.2022, 14:00

Total financial allocation for this call: 30.157.450,50 LEI, the equivalent of 6.095.000,00  EURO

For this call of proposals, the applications and the attached documents will be uploaded and submitted online with digital signature in the electronic app MySMIS2014, that can be found at http://www.fonduri-ue.ro/mysmis, only in the mentioned timeframe.

For this call, one applicant can only submit one proposal.

Maximum eligible value for one project is 4.947.900,00 LEI (equivalent of 1.000.000 EURO)

Minimum eligible value for one project is: 24.739,50 LEI (equivalent of 5.000 EURO)

The applicant has to comply to the eligibility and conformity requirements mentioned in the Applicants Guide for this measure. The selection and evaluation procedure can be found at www.ampeste.ro and is also available at the Regional Centers for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania). The Applicants Guide can be found on the General Department for Fisheries – Managing Authority for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania) site, www.ampeste.ro.

Financing Opportunity for Aquaculture – Romania

The General Department for Fisheries – Managing Authority for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania) has launched a session for submitting applications under the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs 2014-2020, Union Priority 2 – Fostering Environmentally Sustainable, Resource-Efficient, Innovative, Competitive and Knowledge-Based Aquaculture, Measure II.2 – Productive Investments in Aquaculture.

Call Code: POPAM/1018/2/2/Art. 48

Deadline for submission of proposals: 07.08.2022, 14:00

Total financial allocation for this call: 59.839.179,95 LEI, the equivalent of 12.093.853,95  EURO

For this call of proposals, the applications and the attached documents will be uploaded and submitted online with digital signature in the electronic app MySMIS2014, that can be found at http://www.fonduri-ue.ro/mysmis, only in the mentioned timeframe.

For this call, one applicant can only submit one proposal.

Maximum eligible value for one project is:

• for SMEs and sole traders, sole partnerships and family partnerships – 9.895.800,00 LEI (equivalent of 2.000.000 EURO)
• for large enterprises – 16.328.070,00 LEI (equivalent of 3.300.000 EURO)
• for Research Units with production activity in the field of aquaculture, that carry out economic activity – 9.895.800,00 LEI (equivalent of 2.000.000 EURO)
• for legally established associations that carry out economic activity in the field of aquaculture, when the operations are implemented by producers organizations, associations of producer organizations or interprofessional organizations – 14.101.515,00 LEI (equivalent of 2.850.000 EURO)
• for fishery cooperative companies which carry out economic activities in the field of aquaculture – 14.101.515,00 LEI (equivalent of 2.850.000 EURO)

Minimum eligible value for one project is: 24.739,50 LEI (equivalent of 5.000 EURO)

The applicant has to comply to the eligibility and conformity requirements mentioned in the Applicants Guide for this measure. The selection and evaluation procedure can be found at www.ampeste.ro and is also available at the Regional Centers for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania). The Applicants Guide can be found on the General Department for Fisheries – Managing Authority for the Operational Programme for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Romania) site, www.ampeste.ro.